freeland, WA —
OSHA Injury Report: Ice Flow Dba Nichols Brothers Boat Builders
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Ice Flow Dba Nichols Brothers Boat Builders in freeland, WA 98249 resulted in days away from work. Employee was fitter in shipyard (i.e., facility capable of building ships).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Ice Flow Dba Nichols Brothers Boat Builders
- Parent company
- Nichols Brothers Boat Builders
- Street
- 5400 s cameron rd
- City
- freeland
- State
- WA
- ZIP
- 98249
- On-site location
- aboard the serco hull
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 141
Before the incident
Employee was working at heights installing stiffners form the exterior.
What happened
As he was progressing along he was stepping and kneeling on the tack welded pieces he had just installed that were not sufficiently welded to support his weight. The tack welds broke and he slipped in between the now broke stiffeners injuring his lower back
Injury or illness
Slipped between inadequately welded structural member injuring lower back
Object or substance involved
kneeling down on the material he was installing that wasnt adequately welded enough to support his weight
Summary line
Employee was fitting stiffeners from exterior of vessel slipped and injured lower back
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Fitter
- SOC code
- 9999 — Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 336611 — Shipyard (i.e., facility capable of building ships)
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 134
- Total hours worked
- 264240
- EIN
- 29042470
- Establishment ID
- 649655
- Employer case #
- 736
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00
- Time of incident
- 14:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 20JAN2025:17:26:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.